Game of War: Fire Age Archives

Mobile Strike was one of Machine Zone's hits.

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AppLovin acquires Machine Zone, doubles down on mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 14, 2020
2 min

AppLovin will acquire Machine Zone, the maker of Game of War: Fire Age and Mobile Strike, as it doubles down on mobile games. The...

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Kate Upton in the Game of War Super Bowl commercial.

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Game of War developer MZ layoffs strike marketing team

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 11, 2018
3 min

On Friday, June 22, Game of War: Fire Age developer Machine Zone laid off a significant portion of its marketing and user-acquisition team, according...

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Blockchain could transform in-game economies

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 24, 2018
4 min

I’ve always been fascinated by a game’s ability to replicate real-world systems. Social interactions, weather systems, and even nuanced economies are re-created digitally with...

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Square Enix taps Mobile Strike maker MZ to create Final Fantasy XV mobile MMO

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 7, 2016
3 min

MZ (formerly Machine Zone) has partnered with Square Enix to make a massively multiplayer online mobile game based on Final Fantasy XV. The alliance...

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Game of War’s paying players spent an average of $550 on its in-app purchases in 2015

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 1, 2016
2 min

Game of War players are spending a ton of money, but traditional console gamers still spend more than their mobile counterparts. The average paying...

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Machine Zone debuts new Mobile Strike TV ad with Ah-nold

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 16, 2016
3 min

He’s baaack. With a new post-holiday commercial, Machine Zone has Arnold Schwarzenegger in another ad for Mobile Strike. This mobile modern-combat strategy game debuted in November. This...

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Machine Zone and Ember settle lawsuit over Game of War copycat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 5, 2016
1 min

Machine Zone and Ember Entertainment said yesterday that they settled Machine Zone’s copyright lawsuit that accused Ember of copying Game of War: Fire Age,...